1822.] 
The Works of John Playfair, F.2.5. 
L. and E. late Professor of Natural 
Philosophy in the University of Edin- 
burgh, with an account of the author’s 
Life, are announced at Edinburgh. 
The Rev. THOMAS FINCH has in the 
press, in a ducdecimo volume. Elements 
of Self-Knowledge, or a familiar intro- 
duction to Moral Philosophy. 
Mr. ROBERT BROWN will soon pub- 
lish, in a royal octavo volume, with 
fifty-one engravings, the Principles of 
Practical Perspective, or Scenographic 
Projection. 
Mr. CocHRANE'S expected Treatise 
on the Game of Chess, will certainly 
appear in the course of February. 
Historical Sketches of the Highlands 
of Scotland, with military annals of 
the Highland regiments, by DAVID 
STEWART, colonel in thearmy, are in 
preparation. 
The Edinburgh Annual Register, 
for 1818, will be published in a few 
days.. 
The Rev. JoHN KENRICK has in the 
press, a new edition of the late Rev. 
Timothy Kenrick’s Exposition of the 
New Testament, with additional notes, 
in three octavo volumes. 
During the controversy relative to 
Mr. Buckn’s Tragedy, it may be re- 
membered, that the author stated in his 
preface, that he had not only refused to 
write an Epilogue, but that he had de- 
clined being in any way instramental, 
in attempting to revive the drama of 
the “ Jew of Malta,’ because * he felt 
ashamed in being accessary to the cru- 
elty of offering such an undeserved and 
unprovoked insult to the great body of: 
the Jews.” This conduct havivg given 
great satisfaction to the Jews, a select 
society of them have determined upon 
presenting Mr. Bucke with a splendid 
copy of the “* Talmud of Babylon,” and 
an illuminated one of the “ Talmud of 
Jerusalem.”’ 
Mr. MELMOTH is preparing for pub- 
lication the Beauties of Jeremy Taylor, 
with a memoir of his life, and obser- 
vations on his genius and writings. 
In February will be published, price 
3s. 6d. an Original set of Psalm and 
Hymn Tunes, with a Funeral Ode, 
apted for public worship, and har- 
monized for three and four voices, with 
figured basses for the organ and piano- 
forte. By the Rev. DAVID EVERARD 
Forp, of Lymington. 
By Letters received in town from 
Port Jackson, to the middle of June, 
if appears that Mr. 'Throsby had re- 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
jy 
turned, on the 20th of April, from an 
excursion into the country to the south- 
ward of Lake George, Mr. Throsby 
fell in with three very considerable ri- 
vers, or streams of water, apparently 
originating in the high lands at the 
back of Jarvis and Bateman’s Bay, 
and taking a westerly evurse. In Mr. 
Throsby’s letter, he says, “ I admit 
the great extent of country through 
which these rivers appear to run, places 
it far beyond my power to determine 
their termination ; yet J still hope they 
will be ultimately found to communi- 
cate with the sea, but certainly not on 
the eastern coast.” 
Foreigners amuse themselves with 
describing England as the most gloomy” 
of all nations, and November as the 
month when the English have no other 
enjoywent but that of hanging and 
drowning themselves. The real fact 
is, that,on a general computation, the 
English are less addicted to the crime 
of suicide than any other nation; aud 
that as to the much-abused month of 
November, it is so far from,being the 
first in the bad pre-eminenee of self- 
murder, that it stands only seventh in 
the list. We refer to the following ac- 
count of suivides, during the last ‘en 
years, in the city and liberty of West- 
minster, from 181]. 
rei} 1| 3) 22 a) a) 5! a} | 2 of a 
i813) | 1! al a] a al 2! al al 2| ol 3 
real ala} a[ a) a) a} af oa] 0| af 3 
1si5| | 4] 3] 2| 2] 3 “7 0! o| 2 11 0 
1816| o| 3} 4| | 0| 3| 3| 3) 3) a| of 4 
7817] 1) 1/ a) 0} a| 2 al a\ ol 2| 5] 2 
rere) aaa spol ala} apa ofa 
re19} 4| 3) 3[ 3] o| 9] | 4) 2| a) 2| a 
TP RCEERCEECE 
1821) 1) 2) 2! 0| 4] 3) of 3) 0 a] 0) a 
Tot |21/20'24'14l14!25|30'15\15\121197|17 
Of the above. 163 were males, (in- 
cluding four of felo-de-se), and 63 were 
females. 
Mr. O’ Byrne, sent from Sierra Leone 
to establish a commercial intercourse 
with certain African chiefs of the inte- 
rior 
